Explosive projectile.



UNITED STATES rnnr orrien.

CLARANGE CHRONIC, OF WHEELER, ILLINOIS.

EXPLOSWE PROdECTlLE.

To all whom it m/ ty concern.-

Be it knofi n that I, CLARA-NOE CHRONIC, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wheeler, in thecounty of Jasper and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ExplosiveProjectiles;

and I do declare the following to be a full, cleargand exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in explosive projectiles; and it consists in the novelconstruction, combination,-and arrangement of parts herein shown and described.-

lhe object of the invention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive projectile of this characterwhich will explode with great force and set fire to inflammable objects near by.

The above and other objects, which will-appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through .my improved explosive projectile, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved explosive projectile,

which is in the form of a hollow cylindrical shell 2, having stone of its ends a solid tapered head 3 and at its opposite end, which is open, internal screw-threads & to receive the similar threads upon a plug or cap 5. Within the projectile or shell 2 is a thin transverselydisposed partition 7, which divides its interior into two compartments 8 and 9, which are in communication through an aperture or opening 10, formed centrally in the said par tition. The compartment 8 is adapted to contain gasolene or other readily-inflammable oil,

. which is retained therein by a plug 11, of wood or other suitable material, inserted in the aperture or opening 10 in the partition 7. The compartment or chamber 9 is adapted to con- -Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Julie 1, 1905. Serial No. 26 .254.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

tain powder or other explosive, which may be set off by a time-fuse or any other form of fuse 12,- mounted in the plug or cap 5. Be fore the powder is packed in the chamber 9 a wad of excelsior or the like, which has first been soaked in gasolene, is placed at the end of the plug 11, so that when the shell or project'ile explodes the gasolene will be ignited.

Ow ng to'the fact that the partition 7 is muchv thinner than the walls of the shell, it will break before the shell explodes, thus facilitating the ignition and scattering of the gasolene.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without re- ,quiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withgut departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A projectile comprising a hollow cylindrical body having a solid tapered head at one end, a screw plug or cap closing its opposite end, a transverse partition in said body, of less thickness than the walls of the latter, and adapted to divide said body into a gasolenecompartment and a powder-compartment, a plug closing an aperture in'said partition, a wad of inflammable material. at one end of said plug, and a fuse in said screw cap or plug, I

, OLARANCE CHRONIC. Witnesses:

: WILLIAM KELLOGG, FERDINAND WOLF. 

